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Daily Liverpool - Chelsea Preview! Mac Allister to Real?
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The Champions start their victory tour for these last four games of the season. Up next is a visit to Stamford Bridge to take on Chelsea. Jesse Sarwar looks at all the main talking points ahead of this game as well as some transfer speculation surrounding Morgan Rogers and Alexis Mac Allister.
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Introduction and Match Preview
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Liverpool podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network, home of the Premier League champions. I'm your host, Jesse Sawa.
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We're looking ahead to the weekend's game. ah The Reds are in action on Sunday against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It's a 4.30pm kick-off UK time.
00:01:44
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That is 11.30am Eastern time in the US.
Liverpool's Title Win Celebrations
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Obviously, the league is done dusted for us now. It's just...
00:01:56
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I guess it's really nice to experience as a supporter and as a fan looking forward a weekend of Premier League action with no stress, no worry, no kind of looking at the Premier League table and thinking, you know, can we get away with a point?
00:02:15
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Do we need to win? It's just, you know, put your feet up, you know, and watch the match and, you Watch everyone else fight it out for those European places.
00:02:26
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We are expecting to see Liverpool get a guard of honour on Sunday for the what the last four games. And that starts with Chelsea on Sunday.
00:02:39
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you know Penny for the thoughts of Caicedo and Lavia, perhaps, when that Liverpool midfield walked past them as champions. you know They turned us down after we offered really, really big money.
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A cautionary tale for those
Midfield Rebuild Success
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two players. And you know maybe a reminder that we also dodged a couple of bullets because the business that we eventually ended up doing was was just brilliant.
00:03:05
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A complete midfield rebuild. with McAllister, Gravenberg and Sir Boslife for the price you know of a Jude Bellingham or of a Caicedo.
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So money really, really well spent.
Can Liverpool Maintain Their Edge?
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my mo it my so My throat is still recovering from from last weekend. So apologies for ah for how I sound.
00:03:30
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Looking ahead to the game, it's a tough one to call. I think the normal circumstances, I think if we had something to play for, I would back us to go there and and dominate Chelsea, know, and come away with with three points. But with with us now winning the title...
00:03:52
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that edge will be off the team now. It doesn't mean that the players won't try or they won't want to win the game. But I think at this level, at this kind of elite level, I think you need that competitive edge.
00:04:07
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And that competitive desire to you know to win a game, I think that's the difference between winning and losing. So will we have that edge on Sunday?
00:04:19
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i i don't know. i think we're the best will in the world. I don't know if that's if it's possible to do that.
Key Players' Motivation
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I think Slott will try to make sure that it possible. And certainly I think some of the senior players like Mohamed Salah, who's still chasing records, is always chasing records. So i think that he he's really going to be up for this game.
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And Van Dijk as captain, I think he'll be like slot. I don't think that he'll want to see a drop in standards now. But I think that it could be
Chelsea's Challenges
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inevitable. They've probably had a few days off and that I think will have some kind of a knock-on effect in terms of their fitness.
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Chelsea, on that on the other hand, are, I think they've been quite inconsistent, you know, very, very unpredictable. they They're a team that, started really well and you know around about Christmas time people were talking about them as potential title challenges But I think as soon as ah ah that kind of narrative started to build, they started to fall away.
00:05:30
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You Cole Palmer's form fell away and they just became very, very inconsistent, which I suppose it's it's not surprising. I think that the surprise was how well they started.
00:05:44
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i think with a new manager, And you know the number of players, different players that they've brought in recently, i think they've kind of i think they've they've gone back to ah to to to what they should be, which is a developing team, lots of young players, but they're going to be very inconsistent because they don't have that core of very, very experienced players to kind of guide the younger players through. And I think that's something that
00:06:15
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I think Chelsea really kind of suffer from. And I think that's something that, that was a huge mistake that they made when they went through this kind of restructure and and this kind of rebuild.
00:06:27
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I think getting rid of all of your senior players, I think ripping out the kind of the spine and the heart and the soul of your team. I think that's a really, really risky thing to do because what you're now expecting these young players to kind of to grow and become those experienced players all together at the same
Champions League Race
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time. And some players are going to develop well and some players aren't.
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And I think that you do need, you know, Chelsea would, you know, would kill for a Frank Lampard or a John Terry or a Didier Drogba. to guide those younger players through.
00:07:07
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So I'm i'm expecting that the game on Sunday is going to be one of those games where you just don't know what kind of Chelsea is going to turn up.
00:07:18
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And this time, you don't know what kind of Liverpool is going to turn up because, as I've already said, you know we've already achieved what we set out to achieve at the start the season, which was to win the Premier League.
00:07:29
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Chelsea have also got European football to contend with this week in the Europa Conference League. And whilst Mureska will want to win that tournament and they should win that tournament, you know, the Premier League is surely going to be the focus for for Chelsea.
00:07:50
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I mean, they are fifth in the league and with English clubs doing so well and the Premier League being so strong, You know, we've got five teams allocated for the Champions League for next season. So Chelsea are currently sitting in that fifth place.
00:08:09
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They've played 34 and they're on 60 points. Man City are in fourth 61 points. Newcastle in third 62 points.
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And I guess even Arsenal cant can be kind of brought into this conversation. They're in second on 67 points. So between Chelsea in fifth and Arsenal in second, there's a seven point difference.
00:08:37
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And Villa in seventh are actually, beg your pardon, Nottingham Forest in sixth are level on points with Chelsea, but they've got a game in hand.
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So Chelsea do have a fight on, I think, to to qualify
Liverpool's Season Goals
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for the Champions League. And that's got to be their priority. That's the thing that they are really going to be fighting for.
00:09:02
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I mean, I hope that we do turn up in some kind of form because I do think it's important to finish well and to not let the season just kind of peter out.
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And not to sound too greedy. I mean, we've we've won the Premier League, but... I think we we should still keep pushing to get a very, very good and high points to total. I'd like the the team to finish in that kind of 90 plus mark because i I just think that...
00:09:32
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I think it's important for this team as it continues to grow, as it continues to develop, to have those standards. And I've got no doubts that Arnie Slott will want to finish on as many points as possible as well.
00:09:47
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In terms of team selection, I think that's going to be... i think that's the thing that's going to be really interesting, not just in this game, but between now and the end of the season. To see if Slott does give the nod to some of the fringe players and, you know, whether, you know, the celebrations, you know, that the, know, the kind of the players have all gone through, maybe those players have played every game.
00:10:15
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They might not be the best players to kind of turn to for these games. So the question then will be if slot does give the nod to some of the players that haven't played.
00:10:29
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as often The question is, is he going to be playing Federico Chiesa or Harvey Elliott or Darwin Nunes because he wants them to get game time?
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it's you know Does he want them to show him what they can do and what they're capable of for next season? Or is he putting them in the shop window?
00:10:55
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And that is a possibility, ah know, because I think that there is going to be movement this summer.
Transfer Speculations
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And, you know, there there's a lot of chatter around Nunes. I think there has been, i think, for a while now.
00:11:09
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But increasingly with Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott as well, which I'm a bit concerned about. I'm i'm not surprised by Nunes.
00:11:21
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And I think that... I think the general consensus is that well but whilst Liverpool fans and on the whole, particularly kind of match-going fans, they won't probably want to come out and directly say, we want Nunes to leave, we want him out.
00:11:40
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I don't think there is that kind of attitude amongst Liverpool supporters. But I think there's an acceptance that he has he just hasn't delivered what we thought he would have delivered and what ah ah what his talent and transfer fee should have delivered.
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And I know that players are not responsible for for the transfer fee. It's not Darwin Nunes' fault that the club shelled out £60-70 million the add-ons. and plus the addons But that fee was reflective of, you know, what Liverpool thought he was capable of.
00:12:19
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And he does have... you know, he does have all of the the skill sets. He has all the ingredients to be, I think, a top quality striker. you know, he's quick, he's strong.
00:12:32
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can He can shoot with both feet. know, he gets into really, really good positions and he, you know, he causes a lot of problems for opposition defences, but it it's his composure in front of goal and maybe...
00:12:48
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whether it's Liverpool are too much for him, you know, the weight of being, you know, Liverpool's number nine, the weight of being at a club like Liverpool where your goals are really...
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you know, that they really matter. Your goals are the difference between winning the Premier League and not winning the Premier League. Your goals are the difference between, you know, being competitive in the Champions League and not being competitive to competitive in the Champions League. I know that sounds kind of almost obvious, but, you know, there are certain clubs that you you could go to.
00:13:25
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You know, Nunes could have gone to Newcastle and him not getting 20, 25 goals a season, would not have been the difference between Newcastle yeah winning the league or not. Maybe it would be between them getting into into ah ah a Champions League spot.
00:13:44
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But I think that increased pressure that your role in this team is to deliver silverware. And I don't know whether he's whether he's big enough for that. I don't know whether he's good enough for that or whether the Premier League is too too tough for him.
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don't think it is. I think that he's he's shown that he can compete in the Premier League. I just don't think that he's got the temperament to be a top, top quality player.
00:14:14
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striker that you know to be one of those strikers where sometimes you're not in the game and then you just get one chance and you put it away I think Alexander Isaac at Newcastle he has that those ingredients there's been so many games where You know, he's he's he's in and out of the game. He's he's not really contributing that much.
00:14:35
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But a chance comes his way and he just puts it away. Clinical.
Harvey Elliott's Future
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So I think that with Nunes, there's an acceptance that he's going to be moved on. I think with Chiesa, I think there's also a growing acceptance that he he just doesn't have a place in this team or in this squad.
00:14:58
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you know Whether that's because Mo's playing most games and just he's just not getting an opportunity or whether Slott doesn't see enough in training to put that trust in him.
00:15:12
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and then rotate Salah and say, right, Mo, you're not playing in this game. We've got Chiesa. He's ready. He's up and running. But whatever the reason is, I don't think don't think that Chiesa is going to be at Liverpool come the end of this summer. And I think both of those players, I don't think it will be a huge surprise for Liverpool fans if they move on.
00:15:38
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I think the one that really does worry me and a lot of fans, I think, is Harvey Elliott. i You know, he's is very, very popular with the fan base.
00:15:50
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You know, he's a Liverpool fan. He's grown up a Liverpool fan. He always gives 100%. And i think he's a quality player. I think he's a really, really good footballer. And I think he's proved in the past that when he's got a run of games under his belt,
00:16:05
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he really does contribute. He contributes goals and he contributes assists. And I just think he gives us something a little bit different, that kind of left-footed player in in that kind of midfield area.
00:16:19
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So the kind of the passes that come in are very often a different angle. and And I think that's... something that he's got. He's a very skillful player and he always gives 100%.
Strategizing Player Selection
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And I just think that you need players like Harvey Elliott in the squad if you're going to be successful over the long run in in a season. But again, it depends...
00:16:42
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on whether Slott trusts him. And I think it also depends on whether the kind of interest is kind of floating around in some of the media outlets that they're reporting on, whether that materialises and whether it materialises to the extent that the Liverpool hierarchy can't say no to that offer.
00:17:10
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mean, you know, he's young, he's English, which is, there's an automatic, you know, what, £10 million pound English tax on young talent. He's a Premier League winner.
00:17:22
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He's experienced, you know, you're looking at, I can't see anything less than £50 million. pounds And so if someone, a Newcastle comes in and says, you know, we're going to give you £60 million pounds for Harvey Elliott, is that too good for the club to turn down on a player that...
00:17:43
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as much as we love him, was you bit part player last season. So I think the team selection, I think it's going to be interesting. And I mean, I'm in two minds because,
00:17:57
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On the one hand, you do you know you i do think that Slott wants to go out and go out strong. I don't think he wants the team to kind of you know fall off a cliff between now and the end of the season and kind of you know lose every game or draw every your game and just not be competitive.
00:18:14
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But at the same time, you know he does he doesn't he has a responsibility to other players in the squad to give them a run out. So... you know Straight off the bat, does Kelleher play or is it Alisson? Alisson, he's our number one.
00:18:32
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And Kelleher, it looks like, may be on his way out because Marmadashvili is on his way in. So i think I think it's a really difficult
Midfield and Forward Line Considerations
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one.
00:18:43
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I personally think that he'll still stick with Alisson just to keep keep that defensive stability and maybe make a few changes around him.
00:18:53
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I think that Trent will also play and then Connor Bradley maybe coming on as a sub with Kostas Simikas possibly starting at left back In terms of the centre-backs, you know, again, Kanata and Van Dijk. I mean, Van Dijk has played every single minute, which is just, it's just ridiculous at at his age.
00:19:21
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And, you know, he's that kind of player that I think he'll want to play. And because Liverpool now, since falling out of the Champions League, I think, you know, we're playing just one game a week.
00:19:32
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So I think that the kind of, the issue of kind of fatigue is maybe not as acute as it was a couple of months ago so i do expect canate and van dyke to make up that defensive pairing in the middle again in midfield I'd love to see Endo given run out.
00:19:58
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And I think McAllister deserves a break. But so too does Gravenberg and Sabozlai. You know, they've played game after game after game.
00:20:11
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But i I'm hoping that he does go for Endo with with Gravenberg kind of, you know, offering that. that stability in our possession. I mean, Endo will be good at kind of battling for the ball and getting winning the ball back.
00:20:29
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I think if you do have an Endo in there, I think it's probably important that you have a Gravenberg next to him that can kind of dictate the tempo of the game. And then we come to that last midfield slot, which, you know, we've we've spoken about Harvey Elliott.
00:20:45
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And I think is going to be ah ah think it is going to be instructive whether Elliott plays or not. I think if he doesn't play, I would start to feel a little bit concerned that Arnie Slott just doesn't trust Elliott enough to give him the responsibility of a start.
00:21:07
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And I don't think he started any games necessarily. this season. I know that you had a and he had he had a quite a tough injury at the start of the season in one of the international breaks. But I think now that he's up and running, he's fully fit.
00:21:20
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We've won the league. We need to rest other players. If he doesn't get a start in this game, I think alarm bells will start ringing ringing for Harvey Elliott and his camp that maybe this manager you know just just doesn't rate him enough to to start even when we've you know even when we've kind of put campaign to bed.
Salah's Record-Breaking Drive
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So moving on to the front line, I think Mo starts. I think Mo Salah is going to start. you know He wants records and I think that Slott is the kind of manager that will keep Mo happy. He wants to keep keep him motivated and The way that you keep this guy motivated now is there's another record to break.
00:22:08
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Go and break it. Once you've broken that record, there's going to be another record to break. And just keep doing that. That's his motivation. And it it's not a, and i and I know some people are saying it's it's a selfish motivation, but I think there's a means to an end there. I think if Salah's breaking records as he has this season, well, we're more than likely we're going to win something. And that's what we've done this season.
00:22:36
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So long may that continue. The other two slots up front, I think Gakpo was really, i think was really good against Tottenham. But to be fair, with with my reconstructed left knee and never having played professional football,
00:22:54
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I think I could have had a really good game against Spurs last weekend. But it was good to see Gakpo back in the kind of form that we saw him for the majority of the season, to be fair to him.
00:23:05
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I think it was only around about the kind of League Cup final time, around about kind of March, I think end of February, March, he picks up an injury.
00:23:16
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And then he was out for about a month, four to six weeks. And he came back and he just, you know, it took him, ah it's taken him a long time to get back up to speed. But I thought he was really good.
00:23:28
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on Sunday against Spurs. So I expect him to get the nod. And i think that Jota will start up front.
00:23:39
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ah ah and Again, for that reason that think there's a slight question mark over Jota with a lot of people in terms of of this summer, whether he's going to be the one, he's going to be one of those players that we change in that front line.
00:23:55
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I personally think that Jota should stay. I don't think that there should be wholesale changes in that front line, given that potentially Chiesa will be you know surplus to to requirement requirements and and that he could be sold and that Nunes goes.
00:24:15
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So I think Nunes is going to be the one that brings in the bulk of any funds that we raise through player sales in that forward line.
Match Predictions
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I just don't know whether Slott and ah FSG, who are both quite measured in how they do things, I just don't think, and I don't think it is the right thing to to make wholesale changes in that front line. I think you need to have some stability there.
00:24:43
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And I think with Jota, his For me, his main issue is his fitness. know, he he gets a big injury every season. And, you know, that just kind of takes him out of the team for at least two months.
00:24:58
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ah ah But normally he's out. you know, our most reliable finisher along with Salah. But this is the only season I can remember remember where he's come back from an injury and it's taken him a really long time to get back up to speed.
00:25:11
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I'd like to hit see Jota starting as well. It's a difficult one to call, and but I'm going to go for a 1-1 draw with this one.
00:25:22
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I think Chelsea are at home. i think they've got a lot to fight for, you know particularly with that kind of Champions League position. And I think it's really, really important for them.
00:25:34
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and and the development of this young team that they do qualify for the Champions League. I think it'd be a massive blow if they if they miss out, especially given that there are five places up for grabs.
00:25:49
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And if Chelsea don't make that top five, and if it's someone like a Forest or a Villa, I think now but that's going to be a really... i think it's a bad season then for Chelsea.
Transfer News and Rumors
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And I think Maresca could find himself under a lot of pressure come the end of the season. and um Right, let's finish off with some other news.
00:26:12
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Fabrizio Romano. is reporting that Liverpool this season have been scout actively scouting Aston Villa's young midfielder Morgan Rodgers.
00:26:25
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And i'm really I'm really glad to hear this because i'm i'm really I've really been impressed by Rodgers. I think that he's i think he's a really, really good player. And I think he's he's just got a lot of kind of the kind of attributes that...
00:26:41
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that will allow you to really have a good career in the Premier League. And he's got those attributes that I think would suit Liverpool, would suit the kind of style of play that we have.
00:26:56
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And i think he'd, if he did come, I think that, you know, he he'd be working with a man, Arne Slott, who, you know, has a reputation for really helping to develop young players.
00:27:11
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And, you know, look, he's young, he's English, he's had a breakout season at Aston Villa, 50 appearances this season.
00:27:22
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And he's chipped in with 14 goals and 13 assists from midfield. That is very, very impressive. And if you put that into the into that Liverpool team, I mean, wow, that's a massive, massive addition to our team and to our squad. And maybe, maybe...
00:27:42
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that's the kind of skill set that I think Arnie Slott or the kind of player profile that I think Arnie Slott likes. And maybe that's why Harvey Elliott hasn't had much of a look in.
00:27:56
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And maybe that's why he may have to move on because I think the profile of Morgan Rogers is bigger. He's, you know, he's, he's, You know, he just looks a much more imposing kind of physical specimen than than Harvey Elliott.
00:28:13
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And maybe in the hurly-burly of the the Premier League and the kind of high intensity that that Liverpool like to play, maybe Slott thinks that we need a a physically more imposing midfielder, you know, like a Sir Bosley. You know, Sir Bosley is quite tall. He's very athletic.
00:28:37
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You know, can get up and down the pitch. And, you know, maybe I think that's the reason why that Liverpool could be interested in someone like Morgan Rodgers,
00:28:47
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I think it'd be hard to to prize out of Villa. And i think if we were were to get him, I think it really could cost a pretty penny for Liverpool to to get him out of Aston Villa.
00:29:02
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But look, he's he's someone that I think, again, that slot could definitely improve. I think he's got a very high ceiling in terms of his development. And I think he'd get better just by virtue of playing with you know a better set of players around him.
00:29:18
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You know, World Cup winner like galaxiss Alexis McAllister in midfield. His captain will be Van Dijk. He's got Salah in the team. I think that's automatically going to raise your levels.
Real Madrid's Interest Speculations
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So that's an interesting one that we'll have to keep an eye on this summer transfer window. No news on Trent Alexander-Arnold. He still looks set to sign for Real Madrid despite all the speculation over the last few days that the title win and the kind of subsequent celebrations you know may have swayed him into staying.
00:29:53
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you know I'm not sure. I think that I think it's impossible it's impossible for him not to have been affected by the title celebrations on Sunday. He's a human being and you know he's a local lad. He's been at the club for 20 years.
00:30:11
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There's no way he would not have been impacted. There's no way that he wouldn't have thought when he was... You know, hearing the cop sing his name, you know, is this the right thing to do? Should I stay? Should I not stay? Should I sign a new contract?
00:30:29
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You know, he's a human being. There's no way he would not have thought that. But is he going to make a decision based on the emotions of Sunday? No. And he's his agent, his camp won't allow him to do that.
00:30:44
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They will let the you know the kind of the emotions of of Sunday kind of die down and then you get back to to training and and the kind of routine of of playing games and then the contract talks will will continue after that. But so it still looks like he's he' set for a move to Real Madrid.
00:31:06
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And talking to Real Madrid, you know there are reports emerging from Spain that Madrid are also eyeing up Alexis McAllister. I really can't stand that club.
00:31:19
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As a replacement for Luka Modric, who I think is about 63 years old now. And ninety million pounds is the price that is being mooted, which, quite frankly, I think is ridiculous.
00:31:34
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He's the best midfielder in the world. And one, I think there's no way the club sanctioned this move, especially if Trent is going to Real Madrid as well.
00:31:46
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And secondly, you'd have to bid... I'd say no less than 150 million pounds to make make this something that the club would even consider. And even then I'd say no.
00:32:00
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You know, we've only just rebuilt this midfield. And he is, for me, arguably, he's the anchor. He's the most important component of that midfield. And he if ah ah for me, he's just, he's probably...
00:32:15
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you know the most important player, in it's certainly in our midfield and and possibly in in that whole starting XI. For me, he's the player of the year. I know Solars had a phenomenal season, but for me, McAllister is the player of the season for Liverpool.
Trophy Celebrations and Closing
00:32:31
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So i I just think that this is the Real Madrid propaganda machine, you know, at work trying to unsettle a player that, and maybe laying the groundwork for a player that they think, okay, let's let's try and do what we did with Trent.
00:32:50
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If he's got two or three years left on his contract, we'll bide our time, but we'll make it clear that we want him. So that's the McAllister news. The 25th of May is going to be the trophy lift at Anfield after the Crystal Palace game.
00:33:06
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And the very next day, May the 26th, will be the Premier League trophy parade. in Liverpool, which is going to be huge. I think you could be looking at upwards of a million people on the streets to celebrate. So, you know, if you're around, I think it could be a good weekend ah ah to visit Merseyside.
00:33:29
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00:33:49
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Apologies for the sore throat. Until next time, thank you for listening.